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There are some really bad people in this world who do truly evil things that are beyond comprehension. It’s even more incomprehensible when the people who commit those acts aren’t even adults yet. This is just what happened earlier this month when four teenagers senselessly murdered a 73-year-old woman. Teens Drag 73-Year-Old Woman To Her […]
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Ayumi Kubogi, 34, a former nurse in Japan, killed three elderly patients by adding detergent to their IV drips. Earlier this month, she admitted to the murders in her trial in the city of Yokohama. She stated that although treating sick patients was “rewarding,” she was “mentally and physically exhausted” and considered quitting. She faces […]
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$650,000 for an ultra-high-tech yacht is not an exorbitant price tag. But, there’s a catch: this one is in the metaverse – a virtual universe for a digital game. In other words, the yacht does not exist in reality and no living person can ever sail on it physically. Only players inside the game called […]
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A swimmer went missing off the coast of Ireland for 12 hours. He was finally spotted by volunteers at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), surrounded by a pod of dolphins. In fact, the dolphins managed to alert the volunteers by swimming and jumping around the lost swimmer. The man was in his 30s from […]
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The midnight zone of the ocean is so deep no light can reach it. It’s so far in and dark researchers have yet to fully explore it. They’ve already found nightmarish fish like angler fish, viperfish, and bristlemouth fish. However, there are so many more terrors to uncover. And in 2016, a new monster appeared […]
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The hipster effect: When anticonformists all look the same. This was the title of an article on MIT Technology Review accompanied by a photo of a bearded man wearing a beanie and a flannel shirt. It included a stock photo to represent hipsters; however, it angered a reader. Irate, he contacted the website, accusing them […]
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It is sometimes frightening how well classic fiction predicts the future. For instance, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury described earbuds well before they were ever developed. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is another terrifying example. In the book, Dr. Frankenstein experimented with resuscitation using dead tissue reanimation, a treatment that was experimented with by real scientists in […]
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There is a man who was living in the forest of Siberia who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ – along with his at least 5,000 followers. Russian authorities arrested him and two of his right-hand men. This is the story of Vissarion. (1) Vissarion: The Man Who Claims To Be The Reincarnation […]
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If you grew up going to church, then you’ll remember being taught that if you’re good and believe in God, you’ll go to heaven, and if you don’t, you’ll find yourself in Hell. According to this now-retired priest, however, that is not the case. Bishop John Shelby Spong says that Hell was invented by the […]
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Sometimes, life sends the most surprising curveballs. For instance, no one expects a little backyard construction to become an archaeological site. But this just happened in Las Vegas when a couple’s pool installation discovered bones potentially from the ice age. “What we found was when they were excavating the backyard pool, they were cutting through […]
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There’s nothing as magical as the fully lit night sky. Not everyone has had the chance to view it properly because of light pollution. Compare the visual quality of watching a movie on your phone in broad daylight versus a darkly lit movie theater. Yes, the contrast is that dramatic. To see the night sky […]
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According to the Montgomery County Police, a man named Jamaal Germany, aged 30 and a resident of Gaithersburg, attempted to kidnap a child waiting at a school bus stop. The location was Towne Crest Drive in Gaithersburg. Fortunately, a group of alert students quickly intervened and prevented the kidnapping from occurring. According to the police […]
